Linux Format forumsHelp, discussion, magazine feedback and more2007-02-13T14:35:42+00:00http://linuxformat.com/forums/feed.php?t=44152007-02-13T14:35:42+00:002007-02-13T14:35:42+00:00http://linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4415&p=38811#p38811i wouldnt want to wait a day late for an email esp when they are geniune ones go into spam and the spam go into the inbox.

one thing we should agree on.. that spammers should be thrown in a pit and stoned with the computers they ruined with their spamming.

to change the subject and go a bit more on topic (discussing the qulaity of 1&1 webmail is a tad off topic my bad). what i dont like is some of the causes of spam, like soical network sites such as bebo and wayn who effectually harvest msn contact lists etc. and teenagers let loose on those sites unaware of what they are doing.

]]>2007-02-13T13:18:01+00:002007-02-13T13:18:01+00:00http://linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4415&p=38805#p38805If there is anything that looks genuine, I just login via webmail to mark it as "not spam" and then retrieve it.Haven't had a false positive in weeks, since it trained itself using the stuff in the junk folder as a reference.

]]>2007-02-13T12:36:06+00:002007-02-13T12:36:06+00:00http://linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4415&p=38802#p38802though i might try gmail as mike suggested, tell me more about their spam controls.

]]>2007-02-12T22:48:20+00:002007-02-12T22:48:20+00:00http://linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4415&p=38784#p38784Having set up their spam filters correctly, using their text sensitive filter, and their blacklist/whitelist, etc, I get less than 2 spams a week, I just get an email every day to tell me what is in my spamfolder, they are all deleted after 30 days.

]]>2007-02-12T14:41:27+00:002007-02-12T14:41:27+00:00http://linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4415&p=38742#p38742i tried to even get in touch with ISP's of the websites and email addresses the spam comes from, but as they dont come from english speaking countries, im pretty much screwed. or they seem not to care at all with no action. im not a big fan on spam blockers as they can be more harmful then beneficial

]]>2006-11-16T10:01:32+00:002006-11-16T10:01:32+00:00http://linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4415&p=34210#p34210I just use a basic dialup isp account and get charged based on what comes in their end. With mail i just use sylpheed to fetch it from them. So, whether or not it's fetched, it will count as it comes in to them.

Which is why i just let the box limit fill up, which seems to be around 200 messages. Once full, it just bounces of their sever and isn't counted as an input (grin). Not that eloquent i know ... but what the heck (grin).

]]>2006-11-14T09:31:44+00:002006-11-14T09:31:44+00:00http://linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4415&p=34098#p34098Statistics: Posted by nelz — Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:31 am
]]>2006-11-14T07:18:22+00:002006-11-14T07:18:22+00:00http://linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4415&p=34091#p34091If your email address is very short, you might just be picking up randomly-addressed spam, even if your address has never appeared on the net.>>

Thats an idea ... yes, it makes good sense.

I haven't noticed any real sudden increase, but what i get does seem to slowly increase over time. As my isp dosen't filter their incoming, i have to pay for it anyway, filtering or no filtering.

porn seems to be being replaced with business scames though. And most of it seems to be referenced via the cc field.

My latest, somewhat primitive strategy, it to just let the mail box fill up on the server. It only holds about 200 mails anyway. Then just empty it before i need to send anything out, so that a response can get in.

hyweljones wrote:I don't know how the hell I got on spamming lists but I'd sure as hell like to find out.

If your email address is very short, you might just be picking up randomly-addressed spam, even if your address has never appeared on the net. My father had a similar problem -- he got an email address with three letters before the @, and before he'd even sent a message he was getting spammed.

Incidentally, according to an email I received yesterday, I've apparently won the 'Microsoft Lottery'. Bless.